Meet the 6 Stanford athletes who have already won 17 Olympic medals in Rio

Stanford is one of the top academic institutions in America, but if the Summer Olympics are any indication, it's also an international athletic powerhouse.

At least one Stanford athlete has walked away a medalist from every Olympics since 1912. Prior to the Rio Games, Stanford athletes won a total of 243 Olympic medals (125 gold, 66 silver, and 52 bronze).

This month, 29 current, former, and incoming Stanford students are competing in Rio for Team USA - more students than any other American university. So far, they've won a combined 17 medals led by swimming superstars Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel, and Maya DiRado, who have each won four medals.

Read on to meet the Stanford medalists of the 2016 Summer Olympics.